On 14/04/2011 01:01, Larry Colen wrote:
On Apr 13, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Where do you stand on the Porsche vs. Dodge Van question?
The first time I drove a Dodge van on the track, I was turning faster laptimes
in my van than I had been in my Corolla. I was also turning faster laptimes
than one of the students in his second generation MR2. I did realize that if I
rolled the toyota up into a little ball I could tow it home in the van, the
function was not commutable.
The one time I drove my current van on the track, I had to drive so slow so
that my current student could keep up, I have no idea as to it's performance
abilities.
I don't have any direct experience with a Dodge Van and a Porsche, but I did
have a student once, who by the end of the day was keeping up with my Honda
stationwagon in his carrera 4. Some years back, Grassroots Motorsports did a
laptime comparison between a Honda Odyssey and a Jaguar E-type on an autocross
course. The Odyssey was substantially faster.
In any case, depending on the van, the porsche and the racetrack, there's a
good chance that I could turn a faster laptime than him, if I were in a Dodge
Van and he were in a Porsche. Given drivers of equal skill, and a 1/2 ton van
with a 360 and swaybars versus a 914/1.8 and upgraded swaybars, I wouldn't be
surprised if the van took on the porsche.
How about a Jaguar?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaQmOkBvWh0&feature=related
Forward to about 5.00minutes if you don't want the history lesson.
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